"There are ghosts in the wood paneling on the stage wall behind me. That’s right, ghosts. Some are more evident than others and they usually line up in threes or fours. Found in high and low panels, they are defined by line and shape.

"Some might call them—wood grain. And that, too, is acceptable.

"You see, depending on your creative temperament, academic proclivity, or “possession of the portable rules of the mind,” the possibilities that exist between the stage and the audience, provide, at least for me, inspiring prospects."